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1982 French Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitLe Castellet, 54 laps
Round11 of 16
Race numbers

The 1982 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 368th World Championship race
  • 32nd World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 7th World Championship race at Le Castellet
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault541hr 33m 33.217s9
2 (FRA) Alain ProstRenault54+17.308s6
3 (FRA) Didier PironiFerrari54+42.128s4
4+1(FRA) Patrick TambayFerrari54+1m 16.241s3
5+5(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth54+1m 30.994s2
6+9(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth54+1m 32.339s1
7+4(IRL) Derek DalyWilliams-Ford Cosworth53+1 lap 
8+1(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth53+1 lap 
9-1(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo53+1 lap 
10+13(GBR) Brian HentonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth53+1 lap 
11+7(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-Ford Cosworth52+2 laps 
12+12(GBR) Geoff LeesLotus-Ford Cosworth52+2 laps 
13+7(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth52+2 laps 
14+2(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra51+3 laps 
15-1(GBR) Derek WarwickToleman-Hart50+4 laps 
16+3(USA) Eddie CheeverLigier-Matra49+5 laps 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo25DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW23DNF 
R (ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R (GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth13DNF 
R (DEU) Jochen MassMarch-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
R (ITA) Mauro BaldiArrows-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW8DNF 
R (CHL) Eliseo SalazarATS-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
R (ITA) Teo FabiToleman-Hart0DNF 
R (FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Nelson Piquet ended lap 23 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:34.406

PosDriverConstructor
1(FRA) Rene ArnouxRenault
2(FRA) Alain ProstRenault
3(FRA) Didier PironiFerrari
4(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW
5(FRA) Patrick TambayFerrari
6(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW
7(ITA) Andrea de CesarisAlfa Romeo
8(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliAlfa Romeo
9(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
10(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Ford Cosworth
11(IRL) Derek DalyWilliams-Ford Cosworth
12(GBR) John WatsonMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
13(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Ford Cosworth
14(GBR) Derek WarwickToleman-Hart
15(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
16(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Matra
17(FRA) Jean-Pierre JarierOsella-Ford Cosworth
18(DEU) Manfred WinkelhockATS-Ford Cosworth
19(USA) Eddie CheeverLigier-Matra
20(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-Ford Cosworth
21(ITA) Teo FabiToleman-Hart
22(CHL) Eliseo SalazarATS-Ford Cosworth
23(GBR) Brian HentonTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
24(GBR) Geoff LeesLotus-Ford Cosworth
25(ITA) Mauro BaldiArrows-Ford Cosworth
26(DEU) Jochen MassMarch-Ford Cosworth

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(NLD) Jan LammersTheodore-Ford Cosworth
(COL) Roberto GuerreroEnsign-Ford Cosworth
(BRA) Chico SerraFittipaldi-Ford Cosworth
(BRA) Raul BoeselMarch-Ford Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Didier Pironi39
2(GBR) John Watson30
3(FRA) Alain Prost25
4(AUT) Niki Lauda24
5(FIN) Keke Rosberg23
6(ITA) Riccardo Patrese19
7(BRA) Nelson Piquet17
8(FRA) Rene Arnoux13
9(ITA) Elio de Angelis13
10(ITA) Michele Alboreto11
11(USA) Eddie Cheever10
12(GBR) Nigel Mansell7
=(FRA) Patrick Tambay7
14(IRL) Derek Daly7
15(ARG) Carlos Reutemann6
=(CAN) Gilles Villeneuve6
17(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris5
18(FRA) Jean-Pierre Jarier3
19(DEU) Manfred Winkelhock2
=(CHL) Eliseo Salazar2
=(CHE) Marc Surer2
22(BRA) Chico Serra1
=(FRA) Jacques Laffite1
=(ITA) Mauro Baldi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Ford Cosworth54
2Ferrari52
3Renault38
4Williams-Ford Cosworth36
5Lotus-Ford Cosworth20
6Brabham-Ford Cosworth19
7Brabham-BMW17
8Ligier-Matra11
9Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth11
10Alfa Romeo5
11ATS-Ford Cosworth4
12Osella-Ford Cosworth3
13Arrows-Ford Cosworth3
14Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Last start
Geoff Lees
Jochen Mass
Didier Pironi
Milestone race start
50th for Bruno Giacomelli (51st driver to start 50 races, 5th Italian driver)
Wins
3rd for Rene Arnoux (first win since 1980; 3rd driver to win the French Grand Prix for Renault)
10th for Renault (10th constructor to win ten races)
Race 1-2
1st for Renault (17th different constructor to finish 1-2)
Podiums
13th and last for Didier Pironi
9th for Rene Arnoux & Alain Prost
268th for Ferrari
19th & 20th for Renault (13th constructor to score 20 podiums)
Poles
14th for Rene Arnoux (last for Renault)
25th for Renault
1-2 start
14th for Renault
Fastest laps
2nd for Riccardo Patrese
31st for Brabham
Front row starts
23rd for Rene Arnoux
11th for Alain Prost
Points finishes
29th and last for Didier Pironi
Pole & win
1st for Rene Arnoux (34th different driver to win from pole, 4th French driver; only win from pole for Renault)